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Prisons not meeting health, end-of-life needs of older inmates, report says
OTTAWA - Older, long-serving inmates are being “warehoused” in Canadian prisons not equipped to handle end-of-life care, Canada’s prison watchdog says. The federal correctional inves...
Feb 28, 2019
Jewish-Indigenous inmate alleges prison guard 'brutality' in new lawsuit
TORONTO - A Jewish-Indigenous inmate is suing prison authorities for alleged brutality by guards that he says has cost him income and left him with permanent injuries. In his unproven statement of cla...
Feb 28, 2019
Peter Frampton's doctors hope to highlight rare disease
BALTIMORE - Doctors at Johns Hopkins University hope to raise awareness and funds for research following famed guitarist Peter Frampton’s announcement that he has a rare muscular disease. Frampt...
Feb 28, 2019
German town defends seizing family's pet, selling it on eBay
BERLIN - Officials in Germany are defending their decision to seize an indebted family’s pet pug and sell it on eBay, saying the move was a last resort because authorities were unable to find an...
Feb 28, 2019
Extreme Cold Warning in place...again
The Extreme Cold Warning just doesn't seem to want to leave us for good. Environment Canada has again issued an alert for the region. The cold weather warnings have been coming and going for most of F...
Feb 28, 2019
Supreme Court denies barred Muslim students case
CALGARY – The Supreme Court of Canada says it’s won’t hear a case about two Calgary Muslim students who were barred from praying at a non-denominational private school. The students ...
Feb 28, 2019
Trump, Kim end summit with standoff over easing US sanctions
HANOI, Vietnam - Talks between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to bridge a standoff over U.S. sanctions, a dispiriting end to h...
Feb 28, 2019
Canada rugby sevens men open play in Las Vegas with one eye on Vancouver
The Canadian men’s rugby sevens team opens play at the USA Sevens on Friday, looking to avoid injury while building momentum for the Vancouver stop that follows a week later. Coach Damian McGrat...
Feb 28, 2019
Double gold a goal for Canada's Kripps at world bob championships in Whistler
Double gold is difficult, but doable, according to Canadian bobsled pilot Justin Kripps. Canada has never won both two-man and four-man gold at a single world championship. In fact, a Canadian crew ha...
Feb 28, 2019
A capsule look at teams entered in the Canadian men's curling championship
A team-by-team look at teams competing in the Canadian men’s curling championship March 1-10 in Brandon, Man. TEAM CANADA Skip: Brad Gushue Teammates (third to lead): Mark Nichols, Brett Galland...
Feb 28, 2019